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The repressor is shown in complex with operator DNA (gold) and ONPF (green), an anti-inducer ligand (i.e. a stabilizer of DNA binding) The lac repressor (LacI) is a DNA-binding protein that inhibits the expression of genes coding for proteins involved in the metabolism of lactose in bacteria. These genes are repressed when lactose is not ...
Illustration of an activator. In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The function of TFs is to regulate—turn on and off—genes in order ...
The lambda repressor helix-turn-helix transcription factor bound to its DNA target [1] The restriction enzyme EcoRV (green) in a complex with its substrate DNA [2] DNA-binding proteins are proteins that have DNA-binding domains and thus have a specific or general affinity for single- or double-stranded DNA.
The repressor will then bind to the operator, stopping the manufacture of lactase. In molecular genetics, a repressor is a DNA- or RNA-binding protein that inhibits the expression of one or more genes by binding to the operator or associated silencers. A DNA-binding repressor blocks the attachment of RNA polymerase to the promoter, thus ...
Repressilator. The repressilator is a genetic regulatory network consisting of at least one feedback loop with at least three genes, each expressing a protein that represses the next gene in the loop. [ 1] In biological research, repressilators have been used to build cellular models and understand cell function.
DNA-binding domain. A DNA-binding domain (DBD) is an independently folded protein domain that contains at least one structural motif that recognizes double- or single-stranded DNA. A DBD can recognize a specific DNA sequence (a recognition sequence) or have a general affinity to DNA. [ 1 ] Some DNA-binding domains may also include nucleic acids ...
Activator (genetics) Appearance. A transcriptional activator is a protein (transcription factor) that increases transcription of a gene or set of genes. [ 1 ] Activators are considered to have positive control over gene expression, as they function to promote gene transcription and, in some cases, are required for the transcription of genes to ...
Two-hybrid screening (originally known as yeast two-hybrid system or Y2H) is a molecular biology technique used to discover protein–protein interactions (PPIs) [1] and protein–DNA interactions [2][3] by testing for physical interactions (such as binding) between two proteins or a single protein and a DNA molecule, respectively.